TABLE OF CONTENTS. v 



Report of Botanist — Continued. page 



Experiments with Squashes, . . . .' 350-359 



Summer Squashes, 350-353 



The "Strickler-Goldcn Bush" Squash Cross, 351 



The "Jersey Green" Summer Squash, 351-353 



Summer Squashes New to the Home Grounds, ^^ 



Winter Squashes, 353-359 



Relative Amount of Flesh in Squashes, 354-357 



Reports from Testers for Station Winter Squash No. 2, 357, 358 

 Varieties of Winter Squashes not before Grown in the 



Gardens, 358 



Pumpkins, 358, 359 



Gourds, 359 



Experiments with Peas, 359-363 



Second Generation of "French Canner-American Won- 

 der" Cross, 359-362 



Autumn-Grown Peas, 362, 363 



Experiments with Salsify, '. . 363, 364 



Experiments with Okra, 364, 365 



"Pak-Choi" and "Pe-Tsai" 365-367 



Reports from Testers for "Pak-Choi," 365, 366 



Reports from Testers for "Pe-Tsai," 366, 367 



Experiments in Thinning, 367, 368 



Experiments in Grafting • 368, 369 



Small Capsules with Hybrid Seeds, , 370 



Exclusion Experiment, 370-374 



Eggplant Exclusion Experiment, 371, 372 



Tomato Exclusion Experiment, 372, 373 



Datura Exclusion Experiment, 373, 374 



Morning-Glory Exclusion Experiment, 374 



Experiments with Ornamental Plants, 374-377 



The Marigold Cross, 375 



The "Pansy-Violet" Hybrid, 376 



"Field Daisy-Pyrethrum" Hybrid, 376 



Petunia Crosses, 376, 377 



Breeding Among Phlox, 377 



A Study of Variation in Plants, 377-379 



Diseases of Plants upon Home Grounds and Elsewhere,... 379-382 



Asparagus Rust, 381 



Forest Fungi, 3S1, 382 



General Notes, 382 



Rainfall of the Growing Season for Past Nineteen Years,. . 383 

 Temperature of the Growing Season for Past Nineteen 



Years, 384 



Sunshine of the Growing Season for Past Nineteen Years, 385 



Weather Notes of the Growing Season, 386 



